grief

It's been too long since I've posted - we've been to Chelsea, I've experimented with new seeds, and we've had 4 seasons in a week.
The reason for this post is sadness:
For the first time, I managed to grow a sunflower from seed in a pot to nearly 1 metre in the garden.
THEN.
Disaster struck. Fox jumped over sunflower, spearing it in half.
Evidence here:

Poor sad sunflower.

At least the poppies are doing well:

Foxes

We have a fox den (I think) on the flat roof on a Chinese take-away behind us.

The picture quality is poor (from my phone) and also the light was harsh when I took it, but can you see the red circle? There is a family of foxes there, we often see one of them looking down at us in broad daylight.

Today we let Harri out and a juvenile fox was actually in the garden; they ran in circles together briefly before the fox bolted.
I do NOT like foxes being so close. Newham website's advice is to get a spray to keep them away.
Has anyone used "Scoot" or "Get Off my Garden" before?

Confusion

I am only a fair-weather gardener, so haven't been out there since last Autumn.

We went out today for a look around. As has been mentioned elsewhere, daffodils are out already:

as well as other bulbs I planted in the autumn (crocus?)

The lawn is very patchy and needs a lot of work:

I have plans for some guerilla gardening next door: I have a box of wild flower seeds from the pound shop going over the fence to next doors garden:

And I'm not an expert, but surely it's too early (or late?) for blackberries?